Hawking Memories: News Biz Cashes In on Jackson, Fawcett

By

Rebecca Dana

Jun 26, 2009 10:30 am ET

No one’s really figured out how to sell new news these days, but there’ll always be a booming market in nostalgia. Ever since Obama-victory commemorative newspapers sold out last fall, and similar television specials drew not only live viewers but also those rare back-end DVD sales, news organizations have discovered an actual way to make money in these grim media days: by muscling their way into the souvenir business.

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